tamper

Who acts: tamper, you, Someone, clock, fox, baker · What happens: be, change, work, influence, do, tamper · To what, where: tamper, them, secret

«tamper» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: tamper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To tamper with a thing is to meddle with it or change it without permission, often so that it no longer works properly.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tamper	mark
2	tamper	tamper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meddle	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 thing	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tamper	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 meddle	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 meddle	mark
8	meddle	meddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meddle	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 change	cc
12	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 meddle	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 change	obj
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 permission	case
15	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 change	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 works	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	23 works	advmod
18	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	23 works	mark
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 so	fixed
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 works	nsubj
21	no	no	ADV	_	22 longer	advmod
22	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	23 works	advmod
23	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 meddle	parataxis
24	properly	properly	ADV	_	23 works	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 meddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	tamper with a thing		with thing; meddle property	tree rules
2	change	infinitive	tamper with a thing not said here	tamper	without permission	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	work	present	tamper		long, often, properly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To tamper with someone is to try to influence them in a secret or bad way.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tamper	mark
2	tamper	tamper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 try	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tamper	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 try	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 try	mark
7	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 influence	mark
9	influence	influence	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 try	xcomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 influence	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 secret	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 influence	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 way	cc
15	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secret	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tamper with someone					try property	tree rules
2	influence not said to happen	to-infinitive	tamper with someone not said here	them = they		a secret or bad way			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 1

Do not tamper with the lock.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tamper	advmod
3	tamper	tamper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 lock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lock	det
6	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tamper	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	tamper				with the lock	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tamper=Eventuality

Example 2

Someone had tampered with the clock, so it showed the wrong time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 tampered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tampered	aux
3	tampered	tamper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 clock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clock	det
6	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tampered	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 showed	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 showed	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 showed	nsubj
10	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tampered	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 showed	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tampered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tamper	past · perfect	Someone					with the clock	tree rules
2	show	past	clock				time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The fox tried to tamper with the baker's letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tamper	mark
5	tamper	tamper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tried	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 letters	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baker	det
8	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 letters	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 baker	case
10	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tamper	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the fox	tamper				with the baker's letters	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tamper=Patient with letter=Theme
2	letter		the baker						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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